Question follow-through · 16746
Devolution: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers of 8 October 2024 to Questions 5762 and 5607 on Devolution: Norfolk and Devolution: Suffolk, what the evidential basis is for the Government's policy that
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 28 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 2 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 6 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers of 8 October 2024 to Questions 5762 and 5607 on Devolution: Norfolk and Devolution: Suffolk, what the evidential basis is for the Government's policy that
2 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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6 Dec 2024
Answer published
This government strongly believes that the benefits of devolution are best achieved through the establishment of combined authorities or combined county authorities over sensible economic geographies and supported by a directly elected mayor. These instit...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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